Staple remover



Sept. 13, 1949. v w. E. DE GENERES 7 STAPLE REMOVER Filed Jan. 29, 1945 WZL/AM 0E6ENE2E$ -|NVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 13, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I i a 2,481,647 1 I STAPLE REMOVER William E. de Generes, Sunland, Calif.

"dpplication January 29, 1945, Serial No. 575,130

This invention relates generallyto animplemer t for removing paper fasteners and to such devices as are designed to remove the ordinary wire staples used to attach several sheets of paper together, being more particularly animprovement on the device shown in my United States Letters Patent No. 2,215,662, issued to me on September 24, 1940.

In the form of device shown in my patent no provision is made for retainingthe staple in the device until the staple has been wholly removed from the; papers to which it is attached and unless such device is accurately made and care exercised in using the deviceit sometimes happens that only one side of the staple is wholly removed, necessitating the final removal of the staple by hand, while in other instances the staple will fly away from the paper and possibly strike the person using the device.

To overcome these undesirable features of the device I have provided a clamping member which engages the bridge of the staple and which holds the staple firmly in the device until the operation of removing the staple has been entirely completed. I

It is a primary object of the present inventionto provide a staple remover of simple form, light in weight, inexpensive'and manually operable w-hich is provided with a simple form of clamping device for holding the staple during the operation of removing the staple.

It is also an object of my invention to provide a staple remover of simple form and construction which may be used upon staples ofdifferent sizes. It is also an object of my invention to provide a simple form of staple remover which will not injure the papers during the removal of the staples therefrom.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter from the following description and drawings.

Referring to the drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only:

Fig. 1 is an enlarged side elevation of a staple remover embodying myinvention shown in operative relation to a staple and two sheets-of material;

' Fig.2 is a side elevation or: the device shown in Fig. 1', in: the position of theparts as the staple is beingremoved from the sheets of material; Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of ,the device; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the device shown in the preceding figures;

2.Claims. (Cl. 254 -28) Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of a modified form of the staple retaining member and adjacent parts; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary plan view of the front portion of the device, showing a modified form of toe.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, reference numeral [I generally indicates the device shown in position on two sheets of material, such as paper, indicated at H and through which the staple [3 extends. v V

To facilitate illustration of the staple remover the device has been shown slightly larger than normal size as is also the staple and sheets of paper. The staples upon which the device is designed to operate include the common wire staple of U-shape, the ends of which when clamped on the sheets of paper fold inwardly against the lowermost sheet of material.

The staple remover comprises a primary member M which has a base portion I5 and a handle portion 16. The base portion is flat and the handle portion extends upwardly and rearwardly therefrom substantially in the form of an arch. In the form of the invention shown the primary member I4 is formed of a single metal strip which has been cut to the desired pattern and bent to provide upwardly extending side portions or cars I8. In the region of the handle portion .the sides have been bent back upon the main body of the member as at [9 in order to provide a flat handle with rounded side edges.

The base portion [5 of the primary member I 4 is provided with an aperture or cut-out portion 20? for the purposes more fully hereinafter described.

The forward fiat end of the base portion,l5 constitutes what may be termed a toe 2|, the inner portion 22 of which is of correct width to slip under the bridge portion of the ordinary staple. This inner portion terminates forwardly in a reduced or narrow portion indicated at 23 which is of correct width to slip under staples of smaller size, this narrow portion being bevelled as indicated at 24 to facilitate the insertion of the toe under the staple.

At the juncture of the narrow portion with the inner portion of the tongue, shoulders 26 are provided which, when the device is used for removing small staples, acts as a stop against which such staples engage.

A secondary member generally indicated by the numeral 30 is pivotally mounted on the primary member by means of a. pin 3| which extends through ear 32 formed on the sideportion 3 33 of said memberand through the ears I8 the primary member. Preferably the member 30 is formed of a single sheet of metal which has been cut to the desired shape and bent to form the side portions '32 and the ear 33 through which the pin 3| extends. V

At its outer or forward end the secondary member 30 is provided with what will be termed a tongue portion 34, which is adapted to beac eomd hyfihe rture or cutaway no t bnifl the toe portion of the primary member M. In

the form of the invention shown this tongue por 7 tion 34 is bent at an angle to the main body of the member 30, as is best illustrated in' Figs. 1 and 2, and is adapted to fit flush within the base member. It has been pointed out that the toe portion of the primary member is shaped to accommodate the large size staple and alsoa staple of smaller size, and the tongue 34 on the secondary member is likewise shaped; in other words, i

wit -a forwardly extending narrow portion in icated at '35 (see Fig. 4") -the'tongue just described fitting in the aperture heretofore referredt-o in-thetprimarymember,the side walls of which aperture *2? are shaped to correspond to the edges of the tongue 34. V 7

it the inner end of the tohguethe material forming-the member-33 is flared outwardly at31 soasto;forrnastqpmeans to prevent the tongue from [being moved beyond the desired po sitio n within the base portion of the member.

order to yield'ably hold the members 14 any "33in the-normalposition of the device, that is theposifii-on show-n inFig. '1, a spring indicated at 4'6 is'provi'dedon'e end of which bears against the underside .of the member 33 and thelother jof whichobears against the upturned portion 4| of a flat springacl'amping memberindicatedat 42, the intermediate portion of the 'sprinjggbearin g against thepin 531, all as illustrated in Fig.1 4

ofithe drawings. "It is obvious that any suitable inI nsmi ht e us d in 'laceh'f i eha t 'cula typeor sprin shown for ie'ld y hidin th artsofthe device in the desired o i on.

a 728 's has been. pointed-out herei above, it is {des a i v' d m n o ret inmgizhe st le de -1mm i has een finallvehr rted from the sheets of paper or other material t o ivlii hi s b e ache an for thi .urndse I ei ov deid t fiat. s rin clam n ember which lies a ai st e in ide ofthe prima'r member I 4, as illustrated in Fjig. 1. 'Ijhis clampin; mem er 42 is d v ded at tsronwaraemi t f d-fin ers; ilw ic areg ped'r ubstant v he same as-the side portions of the toe 21,10 g reduced ends 44,the.inner lines \of the fin ers foi owin' 'th l ne i; th cut wa po tions he toes. fIt will be seemgas illustrated 'i n ,Eig.,' l, th v i fredl ed nds 4419f. thefi fsfifi a of 1 size asto eneaseover the smaller size e ind ated i fdotlted l ne at 4. whileir w d'ejp rt 'on -or th fi'ngers e'n ases over -.a lar e i ei ap indicated. in ,.do and d sh lines a I} in Fig. 4.

"'In 'peration thedevice .isr'u's'ed by inserting the w o th sprimary memb r s ow ni'fi'agl, where ti fing rs 4' pi t ci dt nna; th b ids 'h o the St p '7 The particular shapeof the handlelportio land the member 33 perm-its ready m pu H of the device by means pfjthurhb ang'd iforefingers. Afterthe-toe fl of "the-prim any member has been inserted under the staple shown in 1; the members andstare hroueht together by-down 4 ward movement of the upper end of member to the position in which the members are shown in Fig. 2, thereby causing the tongue to move upwardly with relation to'the base Portion and extract and remove the staple as shown in Fig. 2,

where it will be, noted that the staple is firmly clamped between the fingers 43 ofthe clamping member and the tongue 34, and after such with- ;drawalthe staplemay bermanually removed from V 'aithesi iice- V s In the form of clamping member shown in Fig. 5 the inner lines of the fingers '43 on the clamp- V 7 7 ing member 42 are straight instead of following;

the lines of the aperture 20in the toe 2|, as shown Figs. 1.129 4,-,-.and the toe indicated at 45 is also straight instead of stepped as shown in the preceding figures. 'TWith this construction the clamping member is stiffer than in the form shown in the preceding figures and provides a greater engaging surface for the large staple.

'thejormshownjin the roughest toe 1 {2f andsprin'gclarnping Ifingers 43 are-shaped merelytjo'apcommodate a singlesize of s'tapl'hl dicat ed at dot and dash lines bythe' umerarso, itfoeihg pnde rsto however, that -t' he {construction of the rema fd er of thedevice is the as that shown in the form piinventio 1l;-= lus ra ed i s- '2 m s v Although 'one forin of the invention hasbeen fiei 'ri tlll r'l sh wn an seem d i i 11m ha ed tha va u flan e an mod e 9 1 len h me p'wl hb epar in fron h inventionan "i i ie enqd. I changes and m s q b' tthe qlei s.

"I. la m a m inven iem 1-, A fl iqe er mm "as sta le primary membe h th .seid eneu ipor e lih the a e ture; i i i hles an e-hnea f nsmans spaced apart and exit. nine (w ne h s: pdrt r W pn hammemheng h is des.e' -.,.th -ie i m er;

o the QlE I M WEH mben mena we bdQ, against upward isp acement a staple bysa ds etie 2. A device for removing; He m-a r EI-IJ QE EEQQ avin a a base- -pgrt' te ner uredhere a d-r et m rowed portion; a secondary member pivotally meurited ions-said: nrimaryemember; said secondany membershaving-a tongue portion extending into the-aperture-in the base' pertion of the 'pri-r mary member; said tongue having a tforwardli enterpris -narrowe when and the aperture bee in'g shaped toaceormnodaite-said 1 ton -gr stop means for limiting the movement-cream mem a s m withi the I e secondary member; said'yieldable staple engag;

bers in a direction to cause said tongue to pass downwardly through the aperture in the base portion of the primary member beyond the plane thereof; means mounted between the members for yieldingly holding the members with the said tongue portion in the aperture; yieldable staple engaging means spaced upwardly from and extending over the base portion of the primary member at the sides of the tongue on the secondary member; said yieldable staple engaging means comprising a fiat yieldable spring metal member extending between the primary member and the secondary member and having fingers extending forwardly over the toe portion of the primary member, said fingers being spaced from said toe portion a distance to receive a staple between said fingers and said toe yieldably to 6 clamp the staple to a staple removing element on a staple removing operation of the device.

WILLIAM E. on GENERES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 864,223 Behr Aug. 27, 1907 1,160,568 Bottle Nov. 16, 1915 1,956,166 Cavanagh Apr. 24, 1934 1,973,846 Crofoot Sept. 18, 1934 2,202,984 Drypolcher June 4, 1940 2,215,662 De Generes Sept. 24, 1940 

